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Doing labor for the community is a feature of almost every system of criminal punishment. It at least sounds more enjoyable than traditional prison labor like b
by nitwit005 7y ago
Doing labor for the community is a feature of almost every system of criminal punishment. It at least sounds more enjoyable than traditional prison labor like breaking rocks for construction projects 10 hours a day, and the injuries that tended to go along with that.
- gowld 7y agoIt needs to be considered in context -- Do the prisoners even get access to the value thet create for community? Are the prisoners serving sentences that are no longer than is just?
- kdtsh 7y agoYou may be absolutely correct and it would still be legal slavery. This is also generally not labour for the community in the general sense - there is an entity drawing a profit from prison labour (the state if it’s a publicly owned prison, or the prison owners if it’s privately owned). What you describe would be community service, which you may be able to argue is not slavery (and I would say is also an acceptable form of punishment for some crimes if it reduces recidivism).
- nitwit005 7y agoMandatory community service is slavery if prison labor is. People aren't doing it willingly.